By: COLIN REESE
World Soccer Source ranks The Best American Footballers as of April 2014 factoring in skill, club and international form, and proven performance against top-level competition.
Rankings are always subjective and some players are better than others in terms of their skill-level and proven-performance and some are currently experiencing better form on the club and/or international level.
Below are the rankings:
The Best American Footballers (April 2014)
1. Clint DEMPSEY (Seattle Sounders)
2. Michael BRADLEY (Toronto FC)
3. Tim HOWARD (Everton)
4. Benny FEILHABER (Sporting Kansas City)
5. Joe CORONA (Tijuana)
6. Landon DONOVAN (Los Angeles Galaxy)
7. Jozy ALTIDORE (Sunderland)
8. Aron JÓHANNSSON (AZ Alkmaar)
9. Juan AGUDELO (Stoke City/Utrecht)
10. Geoff CAMERON (Stoke City)
11. Mix DISKERUD (Rosenborg)
12. Jermaine JONES (Besiktas)
13. Brad GUZAN (Aston Villa)
14. Fabian JOHNSON (Hoffenheim)
15. DeAndre YEDLIN (Seattle Sounders)
16. Benji JOYA (Chicago Fire)
17. Michael OROZCO (Puebla)
18. Terrence BOYD (Rapid Wien)
19. Eddie JOHNSON (DC United)
20. Maurice EDU (Philadelphia Union)
21. Julian GREEN (Bayern Munich)
22. Paul ARRIOLA (Tijuana)
23. Freddy ADU (Out of Contract)
24. Dillon POWERS (Colorado Rapids)
25. Greg GARZA (Tijuana)
26. Shane O’NEILL (Colorado Rapids)
27. Chris KLUTE (Colorado Rapids)
28. Andrew FARRELL (New England Revolution)
29. Alejandro BEDOYA (Nantes)
30. John BROOKS (Hertha Berlin)
31. Graham ZUSI (Sporting Kansas City)
32. Quincy AMARIKWA (Chicago Fire)
33. Kofi SARKODIE (Houston Dynamo)
34. Chris SCHULER (Real Salt Lake)
35. Kellyn ACOSTA (FC Dallas)
36. Matt BESLER (Sporting Kansas City)
37. Perry KITCHEN (DC United)
38. Michael PARKHURST (Columbus Crew)
39. Nick RIMANDO (Real Salt Lake)
40. Dax MCCARTY (New York Red Bulls)